22 results for antibiotics in Recommendations

  • Allergy & Clinical Immunology - Recommendations

    …Thoracic Society 2012 guideline update: Diagnosis and management of asthma in preschoolers, children and adults. Can Respir J. 2012;19(2):127-164. PMID: 22536582. Don’t prescribe antibiotics for uncomplicated acute rhinosinusitis. Viral infections…

  • Hospital Pharmacy - Recommendations

    …prolong broad-spectrum antibiotic treatment unless clinically indicated. Broad-spectrum antibiotics are effective in treating bacterial infections, particularly life-threating infections such as sepsis or febrile neutropenia. In certain high-risk situations, these drugs…

  • Long Term Care - Recommendations

    …antibiotics contributes to increasing antibiotic-resistant organisms.   Sources: Choosing Wisely Canada. Using Antibiotics Wisely in Long-Term Care. [Internet]. High KP, et al. Clinical practice guideline for the evaluation of fever…

  • Nurse Practitioner - Recommendations

    …14;291(2):228-38. PMID: 14722150. U.S. Preventive Services Task Force. Screening for thyroid disease: recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med. 2004 Jan 20;140(2):125-7. PMID: 14734336. Don’t prescribe prophylactic antibiotics to prevent travellers’ diarrhea….

  • Medical Microbiology - Recommendations

    …of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Disease Canada Don’t routinely use antibiotics other than amoxicillin in the treatment of children with presumed community-acquired pneumonia (in the outpatient setting). Preschool-aged children with…

  • Hospital Medicine - Recommendations

    …in hospitals Don’t prescribe antibiotics for asymptomatic bacteriuria (ASB) in non-pregnant patients. The inappropriate treatment of ASB represents a leading misuse of antimicrobial therapeutics. Clinicians should avoid the use of…

  • Critical Care - Recommendations

    …antibiotics have been found to have 10-70 times greater carbon footprint than the equivalent oral form. Several medications may be equally safe and effective when administered enterally including antimicrobials, gastric…

  • Paediatric Emergency Medicine - Recommendations

    …shown to be associated with overuse of antibiotics. Radiographs should not be routinely obtained in these situations unless findings such as significant hypoxia, focal abnormalities on lung exam, prolonged course…

  • Medical Students - Recommendations

    …test, treatment or procedure is necessary. Patient requests sometimes drive overuse. For example, a parent might request antibiotics for his or her child who likely has viral sinusitis, or a…

  • Spine - Recommendations

    …peri-operative antibiotics beyond a 24-hour post-operative period for non-complicated instrumented cases in patients who are not at high risk for infection or wound contamination. Administration of a single pre-operative dose…

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